NATO and Russia on 'solid path': alliance chief: "NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday the alliance was on a "solid path" to improving ties with Russia, as the United States declared Moscow a partner and not an adversary.
In their latest attempt to repair the rift in post-Cold War relations following Moscow's 2008 war in Georgia, foreign ministers held a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
"I feel that we truly are on a solid path now to improve NATO-Russia relations," Secretary General Rasmussen told reporters after the meeting.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meanwhile made clear the United States did not believe NATO and Russia were adversaries -- and called on Moscow to eventually join the alliance in a combined missile defense "architecture."
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